Feeding device for hairpins and the like



1941- L. v. BREGOU 2,253,885

FEEDING DEVICE FOR HAIRPINS AND THE LIKE 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 7,1938 f 6 28 jz/ezzr Aug. 26, 1941. v. BREGOU FEEDING DEVICE FOR HAIRPINSAND THE LIKE s Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. '7, 1938 Aug. 26, 1941. 1..V/BREGOU FEEDING DEVICE FOR HAIRPINS AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 7, 1938 5Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Aug. 26, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Irams: rename navrca r o l z namrnss sun m Louis v. Brcgou, Worcester,Mass. Application December I, 1938, Serial No. 244,495 8 Claims. (cl.812-45) This invention relates to a device for feeding hair pins,Principally for use in beauty salons, and the like.

The principal objects of the invention are to eliminate theinconvenience and waste as well as the unsanitary conditions whichusually exist in beauty salons, barber shops, and the like, by the factthat hair pins are removed from one head and placed on a table top orany flat surface that is handy andfall on the floor or into open drawersand chutes, and sometimes are used on the next customers head throughinadvertence or negligence; to provide a casing in which one or moreparallel stacks oi hair pins are connected in stacks by cementing themtogether, by means of a celluloidal product or lacquer with a cellulosebase, which is readily frangible, so that they can be individuallydetached and fed from the casing one by one; to provide means wherebyone hair pin at a time can be moved from the end 01' aline of hair pinsand projected through the case to a position thereon, from which it isvery easily removed by an operator; to provide suitable means formounting the casing on the wrist oi the operator, or on the arm of achair or on any piece of furniture where it can be convenientlystrapped; to provide the casing in a form suitable for resting on ahorizontal surface; to provide yielding means for forcing one or morehair pins along a distinct course so that they will reach the point ofexit; to provide a spring inside the case with a knob thereon, thespring having means fitting the inside of the hair pin, and means foroperating the spring by hand to force the end hair pin out at the sideof the casing, and to provide a suitable casing therefor and means fordetaching a part thereof for reloading purposes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Flg. 1is a plan of a preferred embodiment of this invention, shown partly insection;

Fig. 2 is a side view looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end view looking in the direction of -the arrow 3 in Fig.1;

Fig. 4 is a central sectional view on the line l-l of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a. transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a view like Fig. 4 with some of the parts separated;

, Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view of the cap for the casing,showing, in elevation, a guide attached 'tlfreto and a guiding wiresecured therein;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line H of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 0-! of Fig. 10 is a fragmentaryend view as indicated by the arrow II in Fig. 9; a

Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional view on the line ll-li ot'Fig. 10,showing the hair pins and the .method of projecting one into positionfor removal;

Fig. 12 is a sectional view on the line l2-l2 of Fig. 11, illustratingthem-ejection of a hair pin; j

Fig. 13 is a side view of a modified form of this invention, partly insection, adapted to be placed on a table top counter, or the like, and

Fig. 14 is an end view as indicated by the arrow I l in Fig. 13.

,The invention is shown on the first two sheets ,as involving a casingIII, which maybe of some plastic material, metal, or alloy. Thisconstitutes the main casing for the device. It is obvious that 'thiscasing is shown in a modified elliptic form and consists of a singlepiece to hold the hair pins and discharge them. On one end it is closedand on the other end it is open and provided with a cap I I of shallowshape and fitting the open end of the casing l0. concentrically locatedinside is a boss l2 integral with the cap II and shown of a conicalshape inside and out. Inside this is a conical hub l3 constituting theend of a screwkeried end I.

Inside the hub I3 is a recess extending in from the inner end andscrewthreaded to receive'the end of a central longitudinal screw l5which is provided with a concentric head It on the other end. This headIt fits into a recess in the flat end 01' the casing l0 and is fixedlysecured to the casing in said recess. Beyond the recess, and containingit, is a bar I! which extends nearly the width of the casing and isintegral therewith. This bar i'l permits of holding the casing by thisend to prevent its turning. Two oblong holes ll extend through thecasing end.

Concentrically mounted on the rod I5 is a tube 20 that extendssubstantially the length of the combined casing and cap and has a collarII at one extreme end bearing against the head l6 and also bearingagainst a plate 22. A main spring 23 extends the length of the casingfrom the plate 22 to the cap 'I l, the conical surface of which itengages, to be centered byit. It serves to push; the hair pins towardthe flat end of the casing.

These hair pins are mounted between this plate 22 and this head, asshown in Fig. 11, on two longitudinal bars 24 in the present case, whichis designed to feed two series of hair pins. These bars 24 are fixed tothe cap H and each one extends beyond a guide 25. They are located onopposite ides of it. The guide 25 fits accurately and fills a. longrecess 25a in the casing in to hold the cap firmly in place and also therods 24 which are carried by the cap. The guide 25 extend only just to aposition short of the end wall of the casing it and there is an exitbetween the end wall and the end of each rod 24 just sufllcient for ahair pin to pass through in a direction transverse to its travel alongthe rod In the casing l and riveted at 21 is a curved spring 28 which isriveted to a hand button 29 at the point 30. This hand button is spacedfrom the head of the rivet 30 by a rivet shank 3| which slides in one ofthe openings 18. The spring itself, of course, extends beyond the rivet30, as shown best in Fig. 11, and being located in the same plane as theend hair pin of the series and guided in one of the openings l8, mustnecessarily come into the space between the two tines of the end hairpin. By moving either button 29 from the position shown in Fig. 9 tothat shown in Fig. 11 one hair pin has its end loop ejected to lie alonga face 34 of the casing III. From this position the pin is removedeasily and quickly by the operator. The spring 28 draws back by its ownresiliency to the position shown in Fig. 1 and a new hair pinautomatically comes into registration with it ready for ejection.

The guide is fixed to the cap II and the two rods 24 are also fixed tothis cap, spaced properly apart so that these rods do not move after thecap is fixed and obviously the cap cannot be turned or twisted inputting it in place.

What may be called the bottom of this casing is provided with a curvedexternal surface 32 for the reception of a clip 33, which is riveted tothis curved surface. This surface is a support for the whole device tobe placed on the wrist, or on the arm of a chair, a chair back, tableedge, or the like. It may be of resilient strip metal and two of themare shown in this case, see Fig. 4.

The operation is very simple. forces the plate 22, see Fig. 11, forwardall the time and the hair pins, by the manipulation of the button 29from the position shown in Fig. 9 to the other extreme position shown inFig. 11, are forced to project out, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 12,along the surface 34.

The guide 25 serves to strengthen the whole structure and hold the cap Il in the proper relative position as well as the rods 24. Thescrewkerfed end l4, being screwed on the central rod I5, securely holdsthe cap also and closes the casing.

In order to refill, after the hair pins have been exhausted, thescrew-kerfed end I4 is unscrewed from the central rod IS. The cap H isremoved by longitudinal motion, as shown in Fig. 6. Then the plate 22can be drawn back and solid lines of the pins strung on the rods 24.Then the casing can be closed, as has already been shown and is ready towork.

In the form shown in Figs. 13 and 14, there is a base 35 for the casing36 which is integral with the base, preferably. In this case the deviceis arranged for five stacks of hair pins on rods 24, the same way as inthe other form. The buttons 29 are employed in the same way, the hairpin at the end of the series, corresponding to the button pushedoutwardly, will be ejected. The cap 31 is itself scrwthreaded into thecasing and provides its own conical member 38 to cooperate with the samespring 23 asused in the other case, but five springs 23 and plates 39are used for the five rows of hair pins. This construction is usedsimply on a table top, counter, dressing table, or the like, and has amuch greater capacity than the other form.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof I do notwish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than asset forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

l. A hair pin feeding device comprising a casing, a rod extendinglongitudinally thereof, a coil spring on the rod, a plate movable alongthe rod by the action of the spring and adapted to receive a stack ofhair pins in front of it, means extending longitudinally of said casingfor guiding the hair pins in a direction parallel to the longitudinalaction of the spring, said casing having a side opening at-one endthrough which the end hair pin of the stack can be removed at any time,and spring retracted manually operable means engageable with the end pinto so remove the hair pin, said means being secured to the casing.

The spring 23 2. A hair pin feeder comprising a casing, a rod extendinglongitudinally thereof, a spring on the rod, a plate movable along therod by the action of the spring and adapted to receive a stack of hairpinsand to push the stack toward one end of the casing, means extendinglongitudinally of said casing for guiding the hair pins in a directionparallel to the longitudinal action of the spring, said casing having aside opening through which the end hair pin of the stack can be removed,and means slidable in said opening to so remove said hair pin, saidmeans being secured to the casing and engageable with the end pin.

3. In a hair pin delivery device, the combination of a casing from oneend of which the pins are to be delivered, a longitudinal rod therein,terminating at a distance from the delivery end of the casingsubstantially equal to the thickness of a hair pin, for receiving aseries of hair pins thereon in the casing, an exit opening in the Icasing, a plate behind the series of hair pins,

yielding means in the casing for forcing the plate against the hair pinsto move the end one against the end of the casing, and a spring normallyextending into the end hair pin of the series, whereby, when the lastnamed spring is pushed toward the rod, the end of the spring will pushthe end hair pin out through the space between the rod and the end ofthe casing to a point from which it can be removed easily, through theexit opening.

4. In a hair pin delivery device, the combination of a casing from oneend of which the pins are to be delivered, a longitudinal rod therein,terminating at a distance from the delivery end of the casingsubstantially equal to the thickness of a hair pin, for receiving aseries of hair pins thereon in the casing, an exit opening in thecasing, a plate behind the series of hair pins, yielding means in thecasing for forcing the end hair pin into the space between the rod andthe casing, the end of the casing having a slot therethrough, a pushbutton outside the casing and having a projection extending through theslot, a

spring in the casing to which said projection is secured, the springnormally extending into the end hair pin of a series, whereby, when thebutton is pushed toward the rod, the end of the spring will push the endhair pin out through the space between the rod and the end of thecasing, and partially through the exit opening.

5. In a hair pin delivery device, the combination of a casing having adelivery end, a longitudinal rod therein and spaced from said end forreceiving a series of hair pins thereon in the casing, a plate behindthe series of hair pins, yielding means in the casing engageable withsaid plate for forcing the end hair pin against the delivery end of thecasing, said end of the casing having a slot therethrough, a push buttonoutside the casing and having a projection extending through the slot, aspring in the casing to which said projection is secured, the springnormally extending into the end hair pin of a series, whereby, when thebutton is pushed toward the rod, the end of the spring will push the endhair pin out through the delivery end of the casing.

6. In a device for feeding hair pins, the combination of a main casinghaving an open end, a cap fitting said open end and closing it andhaving an inside conical surface, an end member having a conicalprojection extending into and fitting said inside surface, a screwsecured to the other end of the casing and adapted to screw into saidend member, a tube slidably fitting said screw, a spring on said tube, aplate against which the spring operates to force the hair pins againstthe other end of the casing, and an exit opening in the casing forremoval of the hair pins.

7. In a device for feeding hair pins, the combination of a main casinghaving an open end, a cap fitting said open end and closing it andhaving an inside conical surface, an end member having a conicalprojection extending into and fitting said inside surface, a screwsecured to the other end of the casing and adapted to screw into saidend member, and a tube slidably fitting said screw and having a conicalend larger than the rest of the tube and filling the inner small end ofthe inside conical surface, a spring on said tube,- a plate againstwhich the spring operates to force the hair pins against the other endof the casing, and an exit opening for said hair pins.

8. In a hair pin feeding device, the combination of a casing open at oneend and having an opposite end wall, an exit opening in the casing, acap secured on the open end to close the casing, a spring secured to theinner surface of a wall of the casing and extending against the end wallof the casing so as to be readily movable, an outside accessible buttonconnected with said spring through said wall, the end of the springadapted to extend into a hair pin held against said end wall, wherebythe moving of the button in one direction will discharge the loop end ofthe hair pin along a surface of said casing into a position where it canbe removed readily through said exit'opening in said casing.

9. In a hair pin feeding device, the combination of a casing open at oneend and having an opposite end wall, a cap secured on the open end toclose the casing, means to urge hair pins toward said end wall, a springsecured to an inner surface of another wall of the casing and extendingagainst the end wall so as to be readily movable, and a button connectedwith said spring through a slot in the end wall and movable with thespring, the end of the spring adapted to extend into a hair pin heldagainst said end wall, whereby the pushing of the button will dischargethe loop end of the hair pin along a surface of said casing where it isleft for manual removal, and an exit opening for said removal.

LOUIS "V. BREGOU.

